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Trends in 2008

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
“Timberland ownership is still only a minute proportion of the total financial market asset base, but ownership is rapidly moving from regional to global; and transaction prices continue to defy gravity.” ….

A SQUARE :: 15Apr08 Trends in 2008
Category Timberland
Faculty Dennis Neilson
Expertise Timberlands
Author Sona Blessing
Faculty Name
The challenge facing the investment timberland industry in 2008 is a lack of “affordable” properties on the market. The excess liquidity searching timberland deals has driven up timberland prices by twice or thrice as much over the last several years.
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